"Portrait of Lady Arabella Seymour, born Stuart; three-quarter length, slightly to the left; one hand resting on table to the left with two books behind; wearing pearls that reach down to her waist."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lady Arabella Stuart
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a proof state; for a later state with title re-etched and plate number added in upper right corner, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Possibly engraved after the drawing by Vertue that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 124 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from annotation in ink on separate oval strip of paper mounted around portrait., Date of publication based on death date of Richard Bull, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated volume he assembled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 168 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
